Announcing a 10-year vision for Diamond

In October 2015, Andrew Harrison, Chief Executive Officer, and his fellow directors announced the publication of the 10-year vision document for Diamond Light Source. The document maps out how best to strengthen the UK synchrotron’s position as a world leading facility for scientific research and, in doing so, help the country to meet a wide variety of scientific and societal challenges.

Celebrating impact with major milestones

Diamond has been delivering intense beams of synchrotron light to scientists working at the forefront of research for the past nine years. During this time, the facility has steadily expanded from seven operational beamlines in 2007 to 27 at the start of 2016.

The Diamond publications database

Diamond’s publications database is at the very heart of the synchrotron. Every paper, every article, and every conference paper that Diamond has ever supported has its place in the database. A repository for some of the world’s most cutting-edge scientific research, our database

Infographic: Diamond’s publications data

First publication from the cryo-electron microscope shows how bacteria cling to host tissue

In the last issue, we reported that the new cryo-electron microscope, one of four destined for Diamond’s new electron Bio-Imaging Centre (eBIC), had come online. Now, one of its first groups of users has published what is the very first paper to include results from the cryo-electron microscope (cryo-EM) in the high-profile journal, Cell.

New microfocus MX endstation

Electrochemistry project in the Surfaces and Interfaces village

Electrochemistry relates to chemical processes involving electric current, i.e. the transport of electrons and ions. Experiments in the area of electrochemistry, such as research on batteries and corrosion, have been carried out at Diamond over the years at several beamlines.

Chemical tomography on I18

A suite of recently developed chemical tomography techniques are now available for users on the Microfocus Spectroscopy beamline I18. These allow users to observe the location and chemical structure of catalysts during operation in both gas and liquid phase.